In the 19th century it was quite common for an astronomical observatory to also make meteorological and magnetic observations. https://archive.org/details/meteorological1841to45madruoft https://archive.org/details/magneticalobser00indgoog The 19th-century Madras Observatory reports can be found at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/historical.html Rob van Gent -----Original Message----- From: tz-bounces@iana.org [mailto:tz-bounces@iana.org] On Behalf Of J William Piggott Sent: 20 August 2017 14:22 To: Ice Karma (J. Connell) 「氷宿縁」; Time Zone Mailing List Subject: Re: [tz] Fixed typos On 08/20/2017 12:17 AM, Ice Karma (J. Connell) 7¿ wrote:
I suspect "meterological" in the first diff hunk should actually read "meteorological", rather than "metrological".
It seems unlikely that the Madras Observatory was making weather reports. I imagine the author intended to write "astronomical" measurements. However, since it is written as a direct quote the mistake should be left as is, possibly with [sic]?
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